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TimesLIVE API endpoint
TimesLIVE top stories API
Returns current TimesLIVE stories, including section-specific headlines. Article access can vary by story.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestTimesLIVEpublicnews.newsResponseDoc
TimesLIVE/timeslive/newsEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /timeslive/news
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- TimesLIVE
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Parameters: none. The endpoint returns story metadata from the public TimesLIVE feed. Some items may be omitted when they are not canonical editorial articles.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /timeslive/news. Live check on 2026-10-14: 100 items returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, image_url. Observed field variation: author was populated in 99 of 100.
Resolve a returned canonical story URL with Get TimesLIVE article content.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /timeslive/news
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 1.73 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /timeslive/news
- Items in items
- 100
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 100 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 100 | median 65 characters |
| url | 100 | timeslive.co.za |
| summary | 100 | median 86 characters |
| published_at | 100 | 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-14 |
| author | 99 | |
| image_url | 100 | timeslive.co.za |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timeslive/news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Example TimesLIVE headline",
"url": "https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-09-29-example-story",
"summary": "A short public summary.",
"published_at": "2026-09-29T15:00:00Z",
"author": "TimesLIVE staff"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.newsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.NewsResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timeslive/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"